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Originally posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe:
What teenager of the 60s didn't rush home from school every day and immedidately turn on the TV to watch American Bandstand? Truly the passing of an era.
I was enthralled by Bandstand in the very early 60s, as a preteen. But by 1966 or so it was definitely uncool in my peer group of 14-year-olds. I was amazed that it kept going into the 1980s.
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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Levon Helm of the legendary folk-rock group The Band has driven old Dixie down for the last time.
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Mamacita
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Originally posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe:
Levon Helm of the legendary folk-rock group The Band has driven old Dixie down for the last time.
Today's Facebook intercession from the good brothers at Unvirtuous Abbey:
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For the those "pulling into Nazereth, feeling 'bout half past dead" we pray.
Amen.
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lilBuddha
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Greg Ham, flautist from Men at Work.
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Hedgehog
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There is a report that Jonathan Frid, the original Barnabas Collins of Dark Shadows has died. Although, with a new Dark Shadows movie about to be released, I really really hope this isn't a publicity stunt of extremely bad taste.
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Jigsaw
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Originally posted by Mamacita:
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Originally posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe:
Levon Helm of the legendary folk-rock group The Band has driven old Dixie down for the last time.
Today's Facebook intercession from the good brothers at Unvirtuous Abbey:
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For the those "pulling into Nazereth, feeling 'bout half past dead" we pray.
Amen.
This: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15134736
is an inspiring and joyous interview with him.
(I can't seem to get the code right, but maybe one of the Hosts will correct it for me under the circumstances, and not snitch on me to Marvin)
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Og: Thread Killer
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Originally posted by PeteC:
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Originally posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe:
What teenager of the 60s didn't rush home from school every day and immedidately turn on the TV to watch American Bandstand? Truly the passing of an era.
That would be me, I guess.
Some of us watched Canadian Bandstand, at least at some point. Note how the music listed below does not seem to go with the guy who supposedly did the list.
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comet
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Originally posted by lilBuddha:
Greg Ham, flautist from Men at Work.
aw, shit.
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"It's hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning.” -Calvin
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Sandemaniac
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Bert Weedon has played his last chord.
I've often wondered what he made of the guitar maker in Terry Pratchett's "Soul Music" - Blurt Wheedown. I guess now we'll never know...
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Sioni Sais
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Greg Ham, Levon Helm and Bert Weedon, within a couple of days. Looks like Heaven's resident band is on holiday so they needed guests. Dick Clark is to host.
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Welease Woderwick
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I have a newspaper cutting somewhere showing Bert Weedon playing guitar at my aunt's wedding back in the 1940s somewhere!
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Mamacita
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Originally posted by Hedgehog:
There is a report that Jonathan Frid, the original Barnabas Collins of Dark Shadows has died. Although, with a new Dark Shadows movie about to be released, I really really hope this isn't a publicity stunt of extremely bad taste.
No, it's true. This article says Frid has a cameo role in the upcoming film and that he got to hang out with Johnny Depp and Tim Burton. Or looked at it another way, that Depp and Burton had the privilege of hanging out with him.
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Og, King of Bashan
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Originally posted by Hedgehog:
From now on, Dick Clark will be hosting New Year's Rocking Eve from the Pearly Gates.
So Dick Clark died the year people are saying there may not be a New Years Eve? Well played, Mayans, well played. (Stolen from an e-card, but had to share).
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Mamacita
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Former Nixon henchman and born-again Christian Charles Colson is dead at age 80. He spent the last decades of his life working for prison ministries and being a spokesman for conservative Christian and political causes.
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Sir Pellinore
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Murray Rose, great Australian swimmer, exemplary amateur sportsman and true gentleman died recently.
I am surprised no one from Down Under mentioned this.
But then again he was neither notorious, nor, as far as I am aware, publicly espoused any religious belief.
His family I think, will turn down a state funeral, if one were offered. He will go out with the quiet dignity with which he lived.
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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Legendary baseball great Bill "Moose" Skowron has hit his last grand slam.
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Og, King of Bashan
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Two shockers that I doubt anyone had on their lists.
First, NFL great Junior Seau, a hugely talented linebacker of Samoan descent.
Then today, Adam Yauch, AKA MCA of the Beastie Boys died. I don't know if the Beastie Boys were big outside of the United States, but this hip-hop trio did a lot to bring hip-hop to white kids of my generation, and are to date the only white hip-hop act to get five mics from Source magazine. Not bad for three guys of Jewish ancestry from Brooklyn. A few of their songs were classics of my church camp experience, being used on skit night year after year, even by kids who weren't even born when "Licensed to Ill" was released. He was also the director of many of their music videos, which were absolute classics of MTV of my youth.
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agrgurich
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Originally posted by Og, King of Bashan:
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Originally posted by Hedgehog:
From now on, Dick Clark will be hosting New Year's Rocking Eve from the Pearly Gates.
So Dick Clark died the year people are saying there may not be a New Years Eve? Well played, Mayans, well played. (Stolen from an e-card, but had to share).
Bandleader Guy Lombardo always said that when he died he was taking New Year's Eve with him.
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jedijudy
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George 'Goober' Lindsey, a gentle funny man, has died. He caused great hilarity in my home when I was young!
Rest in Peace, Goober.
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Originally posted by Og, King of Bashan:
Adam Yauch, AKA MCA of the Beastie Boys died. I don't know if the Beastie Boys were big outside of the United States, but this hip-hop trio did a lot to bring hip-hop to white kids of my generation, and are to date the only white hip-hop act to get five mics from Source magazine. Not bad for three guys of Jewish ancestry from Brooklyn. A few of their songs were classics of my church camp experience, being used on skit night year after year, even by kids who weren't even born when "Licensed to Ill" was released. He was also the director of many of their music videos, which were absolute classics of MTV of my youth.
"You gotta fight ... for your right ... to party!"
RIP MCA. *holds up Zippo lighter*
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Kelly Alves
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No sleep till Brooklyn, my brother.
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Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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Originally posted by jedijudy:
Rest in Peace, Goober.
"I told you I was sick!"
Truly a beautiful man who used his fame for good, not for selfish ends.
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Aw, Goob. ![[Tear]](graemlins/tear.gif)
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Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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“But the wild things cried, “Oh please don’t go - we’ll eat you up - we love you so!”
And Max said, “No!”
The wild things roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible teeth and rolled their terrible eyes and showed their terrible claws but Max stepped into his private boat and waved goodbye.”
Goodbye, Max.
your wild things will miss you terribly.
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"It's hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning.” -Calvin
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Og: Thread Killer
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He was the illustrator of the Little Bear books and the TV series used his style to great effect - the dream sequences always made Little Og girl laugh.
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Oh, wow. ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
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Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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Sioni Sais
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A bad hair day, with the death of Vidal Sassoon.
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(Paul Sinha, BBC)
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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And Nicholas Katzenbach, attorney general to Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, who literally wrote the history books of the 1960s, is pleading his case before the Ultimate Judge.
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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Miss Amanda hates to be the bearer of so much bad news, but legendary race car designer Carroll Shelby has driven through the Pearly Gates.
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lilBuddha
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Just came here to post that. The automotive world will be a bit less bold, brash and interesting. Very few racing legends are left. The current crop are fast, but nowhere as interesting.
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Piglet
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Originally posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe:
... legendary race car designer Carroll Shelby has driven through the Pearly Gates.
Richard Hammond was waxing lyrical about a Shelby Mustang in a Top Gear repeat on BBC Canada this evening.
RIP Mr. Shelby.
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lilBuddha
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Donald "Duck" Dunn has died. You've likely heard his playing, even if you do not know the name.
[Edited to fix link. iF]
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Timothy the Obscure
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With Duck and Al Jackson reunited, the angels better get ready to shake their groove thang...
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LeRoc
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Og, King of Bashan: I don't know if the Beastie Boys were big outside of the United States
Yes.
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Ariston
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Two down, though I doubt anyone had either on their lists (but just in case):
Carlos Fuentes, author of, among many other things, The Death of Artemio Cruz and major figure in the Latin American Boom, died yesterday at 83.
Chuck Brown, godfather of go-go, at 75. While go-go isn't well known outside DC and its suburbs, within that area, you can't help but know about Chuck.
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The Rogue
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It doesn't appear to be a good time for musicians at the moment: Donna Summer is the latest to be entertaining the angels close up.
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Lucia
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I see from this blog post by Greenbelt posted on Facebook that the theologian Walter Wink died last week.
He's only just come across my radar and I want to read some of his work. His ideas sound interesting. At least his books and essays remain as a legacy.
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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Originally posted by The Rogue:
It doesn't appear to be a good time for musicians at the moment.
No indeed. Add legendary baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau to the celestial ranks. (Link is in German.)
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LeRoc
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AristonAstuanax: Chuck Brown, godfather of go-go, at 75. While go-go isn't well known outside DC and its suburbs, within that area, you can't help but know about Chuck.
I've always lived well outside DC and its suburbs, but I'm perfectly familiar with go-go. RIP Chuck.
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Originally posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe:
Add legendary baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau to the celestial ranks. (Link is in German.)
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Pigwidgeon
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Sorry for double post, but I had to find the story in English.
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~Tortuf
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Pointsfest for quite a few of us today: Abdulbaset Al-Megrahi has died.
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St. Gwladys
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I've got points!
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"Careful what you say sir, we're on board ship here"
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Niteowl
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Another musician, Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees has joined the band in the sky. They can join Donna Summer in representing Disco.
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Wm. Shakespeare
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Once again, another musician of the 1970s died in their sixties. Must have been something in the water. Or the drugs.
The BGs were not my cup of tea exactly, but they were also very influential. And I believe that Robin Gibb was very involved in other musicians, still in the business. Which is excellent.
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take out this broken heart and renew my mind.
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Originally posted by St. Gwladys:
I've got points!
Yeah, my apologies for not having updated the scoreboard recently. I'll get to it soon, I promise. ![[Hot and Hormonal]](icon_redface.gif)
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lilBuddha
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Walk to your telly to change the channel in tribute.
Eugene Polley, inventor of the remote, died Sunday.
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Hallellou, hallellou
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Originally posted by Imaginary Friend:
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Originally posted by St. Gwladys:
I've got points!
Yeah, my apologies for not having updated the scoreboard recently. I'll get to it soon, I promise.
The scythe guy seems to have busy of late, so it must have been hard to keep up.
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take out this broken heart and renew my mind.
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Niteowl
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Richard Dawson has gone to join the rest of his Hogan's Heroes buddies and evaluate the game shows available to watch there.
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